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ISRAELI TRADE COINS:
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Israel: 25 Mils coin, 1948. KM-8 / P-1. AU. Israel's first coin. Exhibits full luster - a beautiful coin.
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Item Code: 0080349 Price: $600
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Israel - 25 Mils, 1948 in aluminum, UNC. The only Israeli coin to bear the date of the country's establishment. The 42,500 pieces struck with this date were apparently minted in less than 6 weeks, during the War of Independence, in a garage. Sharp strike with crisp detail, lovely shine and luster, few badgmarks. Rare in this condition.
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Item Code: 0010111 Price: SOLD
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Israel - 25 Mils, 1948 uniface coin, in aluminum, UNC. Part of the nation's scarce first series of coins but in uniface, with 3 raised dots on the blank reverse side (indicating an authentic piece). Bears sharp detail with a nice dull polished surface which is a little darker and more mature-looking than the regular 1948 issue. The piece is reported to have been either a test pattern or part of the original 1948 series which was struck while the obverse die was accidentally not in place, after it had been removed for security reasons. Judging by the difference in planchet finish and sharpness of strike, it is possible that the uniface issue is actually a pattern.
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Item Code: 0010110 Price: SOLD
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The first coin of Israel - 25 Mils, 1948. Extremely Fine with traces of the original luster visible between the clusters of grapes and lettering on obv. Some wear on reverse but nearly all sets of dots around olive wreath visible.
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Item Code: 0110001 Price: $250
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Israel - 25 Mils coin, aluminum, 1948, VF. Key date with nice dull-silvery finish.
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Item Code: 0010146 Price: $100
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Israel - 25 Mils, 1949 open link issue, in aluminum, UNC. Minted on softer, duller toned aluminum than the closed-link 1949 issue, the open link version - and this piece in particular - exhibits excellent detail (including full round border-beads on obv.) nice luster and shine.
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Item Code: 0010112 Price: SOLD
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Israel - 25 Mils coin, aluminum, 1949 open-link, EF-AU. Very light wear, few bagmarks and nice dull finish.
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Item Code: 0010147 Price: SOLD
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Israel - 25 Mils, 1949 half link (error) coin, in aluminum, UNC. Minted on shiny toned aluminum similar to the closed-link 1949 issue, with similar 'munched' sections of the border-beads on obv. The 'half-link' was probably caused by the decaying of the makeshift dies used in the mintage of the 25 Mils series. This is an extremely nice piece with smooth surfaces and a wonderful shine.
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Item Code: 0010113 Price: SOLD
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Israel - 25 Mils coin, 1949 closed link issue, in aluminum, UNC. Minted very shiney aluminum which gives high-grade pieces a proof-like appearance. Exibits sharp detail and a few bagmarks, although the enclosed pictures don't capture the piece's appearance as well as it looks under natural light.
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Item Code: 0010114 Price: $35
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Israel - 25 Mils, aluminum, 1949 closed-link, UNC. Lovely polished finish.
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Item Code: 0010148 Price: $35
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Israel, 25 Prutot coin (1954), nickle-clad steel. Uncirculated. Brilliant luster and crisp strike.
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Item Code: 0010018 Price: $5
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Israel 25 Lirot, 1976, silver commemorative coin for Israel's 28th anniversary of independence, UNC (KM-85). The reverse says "28 to Israel" in stylized Hebrew letters.
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Item Code: 0010081 Price: SOLD
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Israeli Acre medal (CCM2) in tombac, 1965 - part of the 9 city-coin medal series of produced by the Israel Government Coins & Medals Corporation to commemorate historical cities of Israel. Numbered "6142" on the edge (out of 7032 minted) and also stamped "State of Israel" in Hebrew and English on the edge. Obverse designed by Mordechai Gumpel; reverse designed by Alex Berlyne. Has a few scuffle marks and light wear along the edge - EF-AU.
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Item Code: 0020026.1 Price: SOLD
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Israeli Bank Leumi comissioned medal (CM-87) in tombac with directorate chairman's greeting, 1977. Numbered 4770 (out of 30,000) and stamped "Israel" in Hebrew and English on the edge. Designed by Ya'akov Enyedi and minted in Tel Aviv, this medal commemorates the 75th anniversary of Bank Leumi Le-Israel ("National Bank of Israel"), formerly known as the Anglo-Palestine Bank. The piece is packaged in the box of the Israel Government Coins & Medals Corporation, though since it was presented to an employee of the bank at this time, it also comes with a printed greeting from the Chairman of the Bank's board, A. Yefet, in which he writes that the medal's quotation, "faithful to your house and country", is an expression of the bank's tradition of accomplishments which he hopes the bank will continue to honor. The piece has a few minor scuffle marks and some age spotting on the obverse, and dark toning along the edge - EF-AU.
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Item Code: 0020026.2 Price: SOLD
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Israel 'Wedding Medal' state medal in tombac (SM-57) with double-die error, 1978. Large 59mm piece bearing 'State of Israel' in English and Hebrew on the edge, along with mintage number 2932. The lettering of the inscription 'Love Brotherhood Peace...' on the obverse is doubled. Rare.
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Item Code: 0010139 Price: $200
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Israeli Jerusalem-Knesset matte silver state medal (SM-46e), 34mm. and undated (1982). The medal, originally designed and issued in a larger size, in 1971, commemorates a reunited Jerusalem (following the 1967 war), with the Israeli parliament (the Knesset) as the seat of government. Designed by Ya'akov Zim, and bearing the edge stamp of "State of Israel" in English and Hebrew and with a mintage number of 1186. In a red case with red lining, this is a handsome piece in UNC.
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Item Code: 0010087 Price: $25
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Israel - set of 5 aluminum 1 Agora coins, 1960 (key date; small date variety); all F to VF+.
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Item Code: 0060003 Price: $15
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ISRAELI TRADE COINS with ERRORS
(note: catalogued "variety" coin-issues, even if 'errors', are listed above):
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Israel - error coin: 5 Agora, 1978, mis-strike, about 55% off-center on obv. and rev. UNC.
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Item Code: 0080344 Price: $30
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Israeli - 25 Agurot aluminum-bronze error coin with missing date. The beginning letters of the date ("תש") are barely visible on the obverse (the blank space under "25 Agurot" in Hebrew). In AU condition.
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Item Code: 0060001 Price: $50
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Israeli error coin: Half Shekel dated 1996-1997 (התשנ''ז) whose first letter "Hey" in the Hebrew date has become the letter "Khet" instead (making the date look like חתשנ''ז ), probably due to a filled die. The presence of a slight serif which extends beyond the left verticle line of this "Khet" indicates that the letter should really be a "Hey", as the letter "Khet" does not have such a serif. Weighs 6.55g (which is in the correct range of 6.35 - 6.55g for genuine Half Shekel pieces). In EF, and highly unusual. Photos of a regular issued Half Shekel coin are shown below for comparison.
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Item Code: 0010220 Price: $75
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Israeli forged(?) 1 Shekel coin dated 2000-2001 (התשס''א) with very thin, crooked lettering and poor detail; in VF-EF condition. Presented as a forgery, as I doubt this is any kind of pattern - though I've never seen something like this. Usually, forged Israeli pieces are die cast but otherwise pressed identically to a real piece. This one looks like someone handmade all the details from scratch - and poorly so. This piece weighs 4.10g, which is ironically similar to the Chanukka issue 1 Shekel coins (which all seem to weigh perfectly 4.00g); regular issue genuine 1 Shekel coins however weigh anywhere between 3.40 - 3.50g. Photos of a genuine piece are shown below for comparison.
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Item Code: 0010222 Price: $50
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TRADE COINS of MANDATORY PALESTINE:
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Palestine Mandate - 2 Mils coin, bronze, 1927 VF-EF, with some dirt and light oxidation spots.
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Item Code: 0010122 Price: $3
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Palestine Mandate - 10 Mils, copper-nickel, 1939 AU-UNC with spot on obverse.
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Item Code: 0010121 Price: $60
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